Number of Communities Using Red-Light Cameras Declines

By

Ashby Jones

Updated March 6, 2014 2:14 p.m. ET

Local and state governments across the country are tapping the brakes on red-light cameras.

After a decade of steady growth, the number of communities using cameras to catch drivers who run stoplights has fallen about 6% since 2012, to 508, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a nonprofit research group funded by the...